The Archive · 1931

Women Escape from

PRISON — Sensational Daylight Flight

in Canton Canton, Apr. 24, Five women prisoners who had queen sentenced for various crimes escaped from goal yesterday in broad daylight by forcing a hole through the bats of their cell. They apparently made use of files which thad been smuggled into the prison.

One of the prisoners was a woman who had been found guilty of murder. The evidence showed that, Ishe had stabbed her husband and then poured acid over him, All five prisoners had appealed inst their sentences and were sing for a re-tr—Reuter,

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